A 35-year-old East Orange man was shot and killed yesterday on North 21st Street in East Orange after a dispute, authorities said.Star-Ledger file photo

EAST ORANGE — A 35-year-old man was shot and killed yesterday, in the early morning hours, on North 21st Street in East Orange after a dispute, said the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office and the East Orange police.

Victor Rivera, of East Orange, was shot at about 2:30 a.m., officials said, and later succumbed to his injuries. He was transferred to University Hospital, authorities said.

Maurice Boyd, a sargeant at the East Orange Police Department, said that Rivera was shot at least once and that initial calls began to come into police at about 2:30 a.m.

Rivera said the investigation into the killing is ongoing and he asked people with information to call the East Orange Violent Crimes Task Force at 973-266-5060, or the Essex County Prosecutor's Office at 973-621-4531.